Anna Bligh and misinformation

Nov 23, 2005

Anna Bligh has been caught again being very loose with the truth whilst
throwing accusations of misinformation. refer news article "Thats not
reality but this is"

In recent letters from Anna Blighs' office to those of us who have
signed a petition the very size of the development has been played
down. Supposedly only 1ha (8%) of the existing 12ha Doug Jennings Park.

Where is the provision for the numbers of buses required to ferry large numbers of Cruise passengers.

What about fuel storage facitilites, water and waste?

Government documents indicate a 20% PA growth. The letter states
only 30 ships in the first year. Just how many ships would 30 be
compounded by 20% over 10 years?

The EIS process is questionable
at best where a preferred development has not been chosen. So it is an
EIS on what may occur but it is expected to be finished by mid 2006?

The whole process of this EIS is a conflict of interest. The
Government Department of State Development is the proponent and the
Government Coordinator General is the assessor.

It is also evident in the process that some parties, namely various
developers seeking to develop the yacht marina and
commercial/residential development on crown land, have been given an
unfair advantage in having access to the Premier, Peter Beattie and
Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Anna Bligh.
Representatives of community groups and large sectors of the community
have been denied such access and have been fobbed off onto high ranking
public servants.The only conclusion the community can draw from this is
that the entire project is already biased in favour of the development
industry.

1 to 2 hours ( probably more ) during arrival and departure of
ships where access to surfers, fishers and the boating community is
denied. This is outragous - can you imagine wanting to carry out your
usual pastime eg. surfing at Straddie and not being able to go. Think
about fighting through total grid lock on our roads only to find the
Seaway inaccessable and enforced by a Port Authority.

What if there is a sudden change in the weather and pleasure craft are left to the mercy of open waters?

Military vessels have not
been mentioned in Anna Blighs' letter yet they are not ruled out with
it apparently being left to the developers as to how these will be
accomadated.

Recently when Anna Bligh had been caught wanting again with the truth her defenders countered - she just did not have the facts.

This whole process is flawed and we will leave history to judge
just who is misinforming who. There are many of us who simply do not
trust Anna Bligh and Peter Beattie to do the right thing by us on this
issue.